The first part of designing a space vehicle probably has to be deciding its configuration, so I thought I'd share some ramblings and see what people think. I...

Sorry if this appears twice, I thought I had posted it but it still hasn't appeared yet... I am trying to flesh out the wiki article on nuclear thermal...

Not sure to what extent this sort of thing is news, but some might be interested: Dassault have built and produced an aircraft without building a single...

From: "Computer History Museum" Subject: Computer History Museum Upcoming Events The Computer History Museumís Speaker...

To all, thanks! Years ago I read sci.space.tech and sci.space.science. Then I changed jobs, no access for several years, changed again--dead groups! Moribund,...

I just read the pdf version which has the real interesting stuff taken out (Why for goodness sake?) and one gets the impression that once again, the main...

There's some new? news about a contract for Kistler. Several sites are implying this could be a jump start for the almost bankrupt company. I've first read...

Elvia Thompson/Etta Jane Pagani Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1696/1034) July 22, 2003 Krishna Ramanujan Goddard Space Flight Center,...

Does anyone know on where I can get useful rate of reaction information on using copper as a catalyst to decompose hydrogen peroxide is it is heated up first. ...

Corrected version: STS-121: Tuesday pre-launch activities have begun -------------------------------------------------- It is Tues, 7:34am EDT (1134z). ...

InEurope wrote: Hi I have two question 1. The CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation) Scientist say that it isotropic through out our universe ,...

How much shielding is necessary to protect electronics etc. from permanent damage from the particle flux of solar flares? Or, for that matter, from cosmic...

Just wondering - in terms of a percentage - how much money is actually spent on the science instruments on a space probe? I know the launcher accounts for...

I'm up on the Space Station and I go out for a nice little space walk. I take along my specially designed hunting rifle and fire a bullet down at the planet. ...

I had an interesting idea today for an artificial island. Instead of building up the sea bed, why not build a diamond or carbon nanotube wall that completely...

The interior of liquid rocket combustion chamber is usually cooled with the so called "curtain cooling," which is a spray of hydrocarbon fuel. The fuel...

Dear all, I have a question to the community: Is there a relation between data rates and downlink frequency of a satellite? Thanks for the help in...

What is the threshold of brightness for seeing an astronomical object in the daytime Earth sky? Specifically, would a star with 70% of Sol's absolute...

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or...